# US 2024/0193397 A1 · Antenna formed using laser plating or print-and-plating for field-powered short range communications

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- Number: US 2024/0193397 A1
- Document ID: US20240193397A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 18/583,388
- Filed: 2024-02-21
- Published: 2024-06-13
- Earliest claimed: 2017-11-20
- Assignees: Capital One Services, LLC
- Applicants: Capital One Services, LLC
- Inventors: Adam KOEPPEL; Tyler LOCKE
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20240193397A1

## CPC

- G06K 19/07773: {Antenna details (antennas for wireless devices, e.g. RFID tags, in general H01Q1/22)}
- G06K 19/07718: {the record carrier being manufactured in a continuous process, e.g. using endless rolls}
- G06K 19/07722: {the record carrier being multilayered, e.g. laminated sheets (flat articles in general, see B32B37/00)}
- G06K 19/07794: {the record carrier comprising a booster or auxiliary antenna in addition to the antenna connected directly to the integrated circuit}
- G06K 19/07766: {comprising at least a second communication arrangement in addition to a first non-contact communication arrangement}
- G06K: GRAPHICAL DATA READING (image or video recognition or understanding G06V); PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS

## Abstract

A method of fabricating a transaction card for communicating data relating to a transaction may include forming a pattern in a plastic film using a laser plating process or a print-and-plate process; providing a conductive material in the pattern formed in the plastic film, using a plating process, to form a RF antenna layer in the plastic film, wherein the RF antenna layer includes a RF antenna; and affixing the plastic film to a surface of the transaction card to permit the RF antenna to inductively connect to a printed circuit board (PCB) of the transaction card.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method, comprising:
affixing at least a portion of a substrate to a transaction card; and
forming, after affixing the at least the portion of the substrate to the transaction card, an antenna layer on or in the substrate.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the at least the portion of the substrate is affixed to a surface of the transaction card.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the at least the portion of the substrate is an internal layer of the transaction card.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the antenna layer is on or in another portion of the substrate different than the portion of the substrate affixed to the transaction card.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the transaction card comprises an antenna trace, and wherein the antenna layer comprises an antenna.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The method of claim 5, wherein the antenna of the antenna layer and the antenna trace of the transaction card are configured to inductively connect with each other.

### Claim 7 (depends on 5)

The method of claim 5, wherein at least one of the antenna trace or the antenna layer comprises a radio frequency (RF) antenna.

### Claim 8

A device, comprising:
a body; and
a substrate having at least a portion affixed to the body; and
an antenna layer on or in the substrate.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The device of claim 8, wherein the at least the portion of the substrate is affixed to a surface of the device.

### Claim 10 (depends on 8)

The device of claim 8, wherein the at least the portion of the substrate is an internal layer of the device.

### Claim 11 (depends on 8)

The device of claim 8, wherein the antenna layer is on or in another portion of the substrate different than the portion of the substrate affixed to the body.

### Claim 12 (depends on 8)

The device of claim 8, further comprising:
an antenna trace on the body,
wherein the antenna layer comprises an antenna.

### Claim 13 (depends on 12)

The device of claim 12, wherein the antenna and the antenna trace are configured to inductively connect with each other.

### Claim 14 (depends on 12)

The device of claim 12, wherein at least one of the antenna trace or the antenna layer comprises a radio frequency (RF) antenna.

### Claim 15

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a set of instructions, the set of instructions comprising:
one or more instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a device, cause the device to:
affix at least a portion of a substrate to a transaction card; and
form, after affixing the at least the portion of the substrate to the transaction card, an antenna layer on or in the substrate.

### Claim 16 (depends on 15)

The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the at least the portion of the substrate is affixed to a surface of the transaction card.

### Claim 17 (depends on 15)

The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the at least the portion of the substrate is an internal layer of the transaction card.

### Claim 18 (depends on 15)

The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the antenna layer is on or in another portion of the substrate different than the portion of the substrate affixed to the transaction card.

### Claim 19 (depends on 15)

The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the transaction card comprises an antenna trace, and wherein the antenna layer comprises an antenna.

### Claim 20 (depends on 19)

The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 19, wherein the antenna of the antenna layer and the antenna trace of the transaction card are configured to inductively connect with each other.